Phalpota

Phalpota
Village
Phalpota Location in Punjab, India Phalpota Phalpota (India)
Coordinates: 31.0972395°N 75.8211565°E / 31.0972395; 75.8211565
Country	India
State	Punjab
District	Jalandhar
Tehsil	Phillaur
Elevation	246 m (807 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	1,736
	Sex ratio 853/883 ♂/♀
Languages
• Official	Punjabi
• Other spoken	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	144418
Telephone code	01826
ISO 3166 code	IN-PB
Vehicle registration	PB 37
Post office	Bara Pind
Website	jalandhar.nic.in

Phalpota is a village in Phillaur tehsil of Jalandhar District of Punjab State, India. It is located 2.4 km away from postal head office Bara Pind. The village is 6.3 km away from Goraya, 12.5 km from Phillaur, 40.7 km from Jalandhar, and 123 km from state capital Chandigarh. The village is administrated by Sarpanch who is elected representative of village. The newly elected Sarpanch is resident Doctor, Bhai Dhiran Singh Sohota, grandson of late Makhan Singh Sohota, and son of Bibi Harpinder Kaur Sohota. Other members of the panchayat include Nangha Bandha Sohota, Gilly Kuchee and Peshab Kaur.

Caste

The village has population of 1736 and in the village most of the villagers are from schedule caste (SC) which has constitutes 53.92% of total population of the village and it doesn't have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Education

Phalpota has a Punjabi medium Co-educational Upper Primary school (GMS Phalpota School) which was founded in 2001. The school also provide mid-day meal.

Transport

Rail

The nearest train station is situated in Goraya and Ludhiana Jn Railway Station is 28 km away from the village.

Air

The nearest domestic airport is 44 km away in Ludhiana and the nearest international airport is 135 km away in Amritsar other nearest international airport is located in Chandigarh.